Must see documentaries..

[tangaroa]

I watched Park Avenue:money, power and the american dream last night- top notch

Good call!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I assume everyone watched India's Daughter? That was a fun hour.

 

[che_don_john]

Watched Adam Curtis' latest documentary, Bitter Lake, last night.

In summary, it is about how the narrative of 'good vs evil', often perpetuated by western political leaders and the media, no longer makes any sense; it uses Afghanistan as an example of this this.

Really enjoyed it. Whilst it doesn't really provide anything too new or revealing, it does do a great job of tackling what is a very complex topic and presenting it in a coherent and simple way (although Curtis' style can be a bit trippy at times).

I always enjoy his films but I also take them with a pinch of salt; the way he uses stock footage and music, and often without interviews or references, makes him seem more like a glorified conspiracy theorist than an investigative journalist. But Bitter Lake basically summarises the the last 70 years of Afghan history, with facts and claims that can be easily checked/verified; he's not making any bold claims here as he has in his previous films, but instead is just laying out what we all know, in way that is easier to make sense of.

 

[AkanjisAfro]

Watch the interview with a canabalist

 

[Sir peace frog]

I was in a documentary about private investigators ,it was a cutting edge programme for channel 4 (I did tape the original) but lost the tape .


they followed me on a job,i had a woman walking with me who had one of those fluffy mike things and a camera man , so really incognito :).

they also did an interview in the car and made me light my ciggy ,I ended up lighting 20 ciggies until they were happy with the shot ,

my 15 minutes of fame .

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Requiem for Detroit by Julien Temple

 

[Ban-jani]

Not sure if mentioned but blackfish is a cracking documentary and a real eye opener.

 

[foetus]

"I should have never gone ziplining"

A terrifying test of survival for 4 young boys stuck in the Colorado wilderness.

 

[angleseyblue]

9/11 , <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312318/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312318/</a>
the bridge, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799954/?ref_=nv_sr_5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799954/?ref_=nv_sr_5</a>
blackfish, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545118/?ref_=nv_sr_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545118/?ref_=nv_sr_1</a>

if you like real, up close recent, war documentries, do these 3 in this order,

restrepo, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/?ref_=nv_sr_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1559549/?ref_=nv_sr_1</a>
korengal, <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3578504/?ref_=nv_sr_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3578504/?ref_=nv_sr_1</a>
which way is the frontline from here? <a class="postlink" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2480784/?ref_=nm_knf_i3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2480784/?ref_=nm_knf_i3</a>

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Some more documentaries I like....

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmNov-2SPA[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E861NPQld8[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmeEipmHkM[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOFSSmCDeUo[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlzC9UxEn4[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaBv1a5ZBG0[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_twlH_AG0A[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgmos0Q6xK0[/video]
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l68O02TyxlA[/video]